Needle-serving box.



Jv. HERMANN. NEEDLE SERVING BOX. APPLICATION-FILED PEB. 5, 1909.

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' NEEDLE-s nnvrNG BOX.

Specification of Lettersy Patent.

To allwhom-t may conce/m.'

Beit known that I, JOHN HERMANN, citizen of the United Sta-tes, residing-at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Needle-Serving Boxes, of which the following is a specifi cation.

This .invention relates to needle-serving boxes, intended to contain and servef either sewing needles or the needle points used -in phonographic machines.

The object of this invention is the produc- -tion of a suitable receptacle for the needles,

provided with a permanent magnet and attachments whereby when the movable parts are operated the magnet picks up one or two needles and holds them in their raised position free from the box and in such manner as to enable the needles to be conveniently taken from the 'magnet 4by the fingers without danger of pricking them. v The stated object is accomplished by fashioning and associating the parts substantially `as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 representsa vertical and length- 'I wise sectional view of the lpreferred form of this invention, showing the drawer closed, and Fig. 2 1s a corresponding section showing the draweropen and the magnet raised. Fig. 3 is a vertical and longitudinal section Y' of a modified form of this invention, and

Fig. 4 is a front view of the modified form showing the magnet in itsraised attitude.

Like letters are employed to refer to the same parts throughout the description and drawings.

The box A, has a drawer B,provided with an inclined false bottom C, and, it may also have an inclined .addition lD to its front interior wall. An arm E, is supported atits rear end within the drawer by the transverse pivot rod F, and a spring G isarranged about the pivot and against the arm E, normallyexerting an upwardl pressure against the arm. 'lo the forward portion of the pivoted arm is attached a small permanent magnet.,V H.: Upon the bottom C'and in rear'of the inclined transverse Apartition J within drawer the needles K are placed. u

It is believed to be now made clear that if the drawer be opened, the spring Gr will -the swing the arm and magnet upwardly into the position illustrated in Fig. 2. One or two needles will be held to the poles of the i magnet, but, ordinarily, any greatery Patented Oct. 26, 1909'. Application filed February 5, 1909. l SJial No. 476,321.v i

number of-needles will be brushed olf against the inclined front wall D off4 the drawer. As shown in Fig. 2, the magnet H holds the needle .K free from any part ofthe box and 4in position to be readily' taken from the poles-of the magnet by the gers.

Figs V3 and 4;'set out a modied form of this invention. The box 'L has the inclined bottom M, the inclined front Wall N, anda hinged lid' O. In this form the magnet P is secured to the inside of theto yof the lid, and when the lid is closed as `il ustrated in Fig. 3 the magnet lies adjacent tothe inclined partition Q. IVhen the lid-O is raised into the position shown in Fig. 4- the magnet holds the needle in about-the same attitude as' in the rst form described herein. The weight of the magnet normally'keeps the lid O of the boxL closed.

Having now described this invention and the mode ofits operation, what I claim is 1. In a needle serving box, the combination with a box having a movable portion whereby the box is opened and elosed,of a

magnet arranged tobe wholly within the box when the box is closed, the said magnet having its poles arranged near the bottom of the box when the box is closed, and means connecting the magnet with the said movable portion of the box whereby when the said movable portionl of the box is operated and the box opened the poles of themmagnet project free from and above the box. r

2. In a needle serving box, the combination with av box having a movable drawer whereby the box is opened and closed, of a magnet arranged'to be .wholly within the box when the drawer is closed, the said magnet having its poles arranged near the bottom of the drawer when the drawer is closed,

and means connecting the 'magnet and` drawer and supporting the magnet, the said magnetsupporting means including a spring adapted to rai'se the magnet when the drawer is opened, and the said magnet-supporting means beingv arranged to yieldingly en- 1 'I counter the top of the box when the drawer is closed thereby lowering the magnet into the drawer.

In testimony whereofl aix my signature4 inl presence of two witnesses.

. JOHN HERMANN.

Witnesses: C. V. STEGHER,

WM. LEHRBAGH. 

